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23 March 2024

Once again Sailonline will be partnering with the Queensland Cruising Yacht Club (QCYC) to bring the Gladstone Ports Corporation Brisbane to Gladstone Yacht Race 2024 to armchair navigators around the world. This will be Sailonline’s seventh virtual B2G partnership with QCYC and we look forward to many more in the future.

Who can forget the fabulous commentary at the start of previous years’ B2Gs with the popular Nic ‘Adventures of a Sailor Girl’ Douglass. Once again Nic and the team will be back to livestream the start with expert commentary about all yachts in the race, weather, sea conditions and likely favourites.

The virtual race starts at the same time as the real race on Good Friday, 29th March 2024 at 11:00am local time (0100 UTC) in the waters of Moreton Bay off Brisbane.

As usual, the 308 nautical mile ocean classic will start off Shorncliffe, a bayside suburb of Brisbane. The yachts proceed from Shorncliffe Pier to a mark off Redcliffe so spectators can get a good view of the fleet before they head east across the bay to a mark off Tangalooma, Moreton Island; then through the North West Channel out to the open ocean, around the top of K’gari (Fraser Island) and Lady Elliot Island and then west across ‘The Paddock’ to the city of Gladstone.

Entrants will include some of the country’s best racing yachts such as the Botin 100 ‘Wild Thing 100’ and three TP52s, Sydney to Hobart winner ‘Celestial’, ‘Maritimo 52’ and ‘Ocean Crusaders J-Bird III’, as well as a number of classic yachts such as the sail training schooner ‘South Passage’ and the 30 Square Metre Skerry ‘Spetsig’.


“Celestial” - picture Doyle Sails

The virtual B2G24 boat will be Sailonline’s TP52 so participants will be able to test their navigational skills against one of the race favourites, ‘Celestial’, the other TP52s and other yachts in the 50-55 ft range.

In cooperation with the race’s tracker provider, YB Tracking, Sailonline will overlay the fleet on its virtual racing screen so we can see how we are competing against the ‘real’ fleet.

Sailonline's virtual race will open for registration on Friday 22nd March 2024 to allow ample time to practise and get to know the Sailonline interface.

2024 Entry List
Livestream of the 2024 Race Start

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